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Nitwit

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half-witnounA stupid or inept person.
doofusnoun(slang, derogatory, sometimes affectionately, humorous) A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.
dimwitnoun(derogatory) A person who is deficient in intelligence.

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dimwitnoun(derogatory) A person who is deficient in intelligence.
doofusnoun(slang, derogatory, sometimes affectionately, humorous) A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.
half-witnounA stupid or inept person.
idiotnoun(derogatory) A person of low general intelligence.
knuckleheadnoun(slang, derogatory) An idiot; a stupid or inept person.
boobnoun(colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.
doltnoun(derogatory) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
assnoun(countable and uncountable) The buttocks.
cootnounAny of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
halfwitnoun(informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.
nimwitnoun(rare) A dimwit.
underwitnounAn underwitted person; a nitwit.
nidgetnoun(obsolete) A fool or idiot.
puzzlewitnounA stupid person
shitwitnoun(vulgar, colloquial, derogatory or offensive) A very stupid person.
dickwitnoun(slang, offensive or derogatory, vulgar) An objectionably stupid person.
panwitnoun(rare, slang, derogatory) An idiot.
numbwitnoun(slang) A fool; a stupid person.
ninnynoun(informal) A silly or foolish person.
noddynounAny of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genus Anous found in tropical seas, especially the brown noddy or common noddy (Anous stolidus).

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